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25 Jan 2021 The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) has come under fire for a programme aimed at prepubescent children which claimed that there are “over 100” gender identities. The film, entitled Identity – Understanding Sexual and Gender Identities, is currently being presented on the publicly-funded broadcaster’s ‘Teach’ website and is aimed at children between the ages of nine and 12 years old. The programme says that becoming transgender is a means by which children can become...

GEORGE GALLOWAY has vented his outrage over a BBC educational programme that told nine-year-old children there are more than 100 genders.

A BBC educational programme aimed at children as young as nine years old features a scene where a teacher tells youngsters there are over 100 if not more gender identities now.

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What help is there if you're trying to home-school your children without devices or data?

BBC News By Jane Wakefield image copyrightskynesher image captionEven if families have equipment, they may not have broadband or enough mobile data to have multiple devices online Vodafone will not offer data-free access to BBC Bitesize during lockdowns in the UK, saying it is not technically possible to ring-fence it from other BBC content. Mobile companies have been asked to find ways to make home-schooling easier for families without fixed broadband. Most, including Vodafone, have announced...

(Philip Toscano/PA) Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Programmes aimed at children were viewed a record-breaking number of times last week on iPlayer, according to the BBC. The shows were streamed a total of 40.8 million times between January 11 and 17. With schools closed due to coronavirus, the BBC pledged earlier this month to deliver the “biggest education offer in its history” for pupils. (Ian Wes...

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| 13 January 2021 The BBC’s Lockdown Learning – which the broadcaster says is the biggest educational service in its history – has seen a sharp increase in viewers across all its slots. With the UK in a third national Covid-19 lockdown, schools and educational establishments are closed for the foreseeable future. Lockdown Learning brings together BBC Two, CBBC, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and online to deliver a new education offer to children, teachers and parents. On TV, Lo...

Appeal will help schools buy laptops for disadvantaged children